Hidden Life of Girls - Games of Stance, Status, and Exclusion

Informationen zum Autor Marjorie Harness Goodwin is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at UCLA. She is the author of the now-classic He-Said, She-Said: Talk as Social Organization among Black Children (1991). Her primary research interests are on the ethnography of communication, human interaction, conversation analysis, language and gender, workplace ethnography, and children's social organization. Klappentext On countless playgrounds each day, girls are at work crafting intricate social arrangements through language and embodied action. In this ground-breaking ethnography, the interactions of girls of diverse ethnicities and social classes show that rather than avoiding conflict, they actively seek it out, challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other. The Hidden Life of Girls documents the language practices and interactive rituals used not only to sanction friends who violate social norms, but also to bully younger girls and those regarded as social outcasts. This volume will not only provide a clearer picture of children's worlds, but will also help guide future policy and intervention strategies in schools. Zusammenfassung * Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other. * Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Multimodality, Conflict, and Rationality in Girls' Games. 3. Social Dimensions of a Popular Girls' Clique. 4. Social Organization, Opposition, and Directives in the Game of Jump Rope. 5. Language Practices for Indexing Social Status: Stories, Descriptions, Brags, and Comparisons. 6. Stance and Structure in Assessment and Gossip Activity. 7. Constructing Social Difference and Exclusion in Girls' Groups. 8. Conclusion. Appendix A: Transcription Symbols. Appendix B: Jump Rope Rhymes. Notes. References. Author Index. Subject Index ...

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• Authors: Goodwin, Majorie Harness Goodwin, Majorie Harness (University of California Goodwin, Marjorie Harness Goodwin, Mh Goodwin, Goodwin Majorie Harness
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2006
• EAN: 9780631234258
• ISBN: 978-0-631-23425-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture; Wiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture; Blackwell Studies in Discourse; Wiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology